Coin-collector.



A. M. FARNSWORTH.

G01N` COLLECTOR. APPLICATION FILED HAB. 21, 1 908.

941,509. Patented lvm/.30,1909

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ALMON IVI. FARNSWORTII, OF CAMDEN, NEW YORK.

COIN-COLLECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 21, 1908.

Patented Nov. 30, 1909. serial No. 422,402.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALMoN M. FARNs- WORTH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Camden, in the county of Oneida and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsl in Coin-Collectors, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to an improved coin collector, and I declare thefollowing is a full, clear, concise and exact description thereof,suflicient to enable one skilled in the art to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which likereference characters refer to like parts throughout.

The invention consists of a means by which coin can be collected insmall amounts in a systematic manner, such as `for charitable purposes,each coin collector or receiver representing, when filled, a certaindefinite amount of money.

It is intended that the device have printed upon it certain appropriatewords designating, for instance, the purpose for which the collection ismade and other particulars, such as the following, for instance: A mile0f pennies, 1 cent to the inch, means $633.60. 1000 feet, means $1.20.500 feet means $60. 100 feet means $12. It is also intended that eachstrip may have proper serial number and suitable directions for the careand delivery of the same. It will be evident that the strips are made ofa given standard length, each to receive a given number of coins.

In the drawings Figure l shows the face of a strip embodying theinvention. Fig. 2 shows a portion of a strip with a slight modificationtherein. Fig. 3 is an edge view of a portion of the strip.

Referring to the figures in detail, in the present form of theinvention, A represents a strip of paste-board or other suitablematerial, with an aperture a at one end whereby it may be hung up. Onthe face of this strip A, which may have more or less stiffness, ismounted a flexible strip B which extends at each end a distance beyondthe extreme fasteners to allow some give and avoid the drawing out ofthe end when the strip is filled.

The strip B is secured to the strip A by metallic clips C disposedtransverse the strip B and passed through the strip A and bent over tohold them in place.

In the form of the device here shown, these fasteners are spaced in Fig.2 a distance of one inch, so that the entire receiving portion of thestrip makes room for twelve pennies, that being the coin intended to be,used in the illustration here made, although the length of suchreceiving strip may be altered as desired so as to include a coin ofgreater denomination or a greater or less number of' them.

The device may be made with dierent spaces for a variety of coins, as inFig. l, where there is place for a dime a and a half dollar.

It will be understood that the strip B is so secured to the strip A thatthe coin can be slipped readily underneath the strip B where it is heldagainst accidental dislodg ment. To remove the coins the strip can berapped sharply by its edge on the table, for instance, which willdislodge all the coins; but ordinarily they remain firmly in place.

In Fig. 2 I show the strip A as having cutouts D, part of the strip Bbeing cut away to show the cut-out. This cut-out has a curved outline atits exposed edge, so that the edge of the coin can be slipped therein.The other edges of the opening, which are beneath the strip B, convergeso that when the edge of the coin is pressed under the strip B at thecut-out those edges lead the coin to a fiat position on the strip A andbeneath the strip B. This form of strip A can be used, if desired, as amatter of convenience, or strip A can be made without 1t.

I do not limit myself as to the material of which the device is made,although in the present form I make the strip A of paste-board and thestrip B of paper of rather firm texture. The clips C may also bereplaced with other holding means suitable for the purpose.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

l. A coin-holding device consisting of a back strip of comparativelystiff' material and of a given width, a top strip of relatively pliablematerial and of lesser width secured at longitudinal spaced pointsthereon, clips inclosing the narrow strip and fastened through the wideone securing the strips as stated, thereby providing reguquarter' larlyarranged spaces to receive coin of' given denominations between the twostrips and between the points at which the several prongs of the clippass through the back strip, the said clips being placed to graduate thespaces according to the size of the coins, as desired, substantially asdescribed.

2. A coin carrier consisting of a strip of comparatively stiff materialslightly wider than the diameter of the coin, a strip of slightly lesswidth than the diameter of the coin and of yielding and pliable materialsecured thereto in such position that each side of the former stripextends on each side an equal distance beyond the edge of the latter, aplurality of fasteners passing across the narrow strip and securing itto the former, the two end fasteners being placed at a distance inwardfrom the end of the latter strip and the intermediate fasteners being atpoints in the intermediate space dividing the space relative to the sizeof given coins, the pliable strip normally lying upon the stiff one butyielding therefrom for the insertion of a coin between the two,substantially as described.

3. A coin-collector consisting of a base strip and a strip of yieldingmaterial mounted thereon, said mounting being effected by means crossingthe same at regular intervals graduated to the size of the coin forwhich the collector is designed, the said mounting allowing for yield ofsaid strip lengthwise through the said crossing means, to receive andhold the coins, substantially as described.

4. A device of the character described consisting of two strips securedeach to the other at certain definite points, clips transverse thestrips yieldingly holding the upper strip and secured to the lower onein given positions whereby a series of spaces .is provided between thestrips and between the clips of a length to receive in each a coin of agiven denomination, substantially as described.

5. A device of the character described having a stiff back strip of agiven width and a narrower and limber strip superposed thereon andsecured thereto at fixed intervals, the back strip having a cutout witha curved edge adjacent the superposed strip, the said cutout havinginwardly diverging sides under the upper strip and extending from theends of the arc of said curved portion, at a point at the edge of thesuperposed strip, whereby the edge of the coin is received 1n the saidcurved cutout and carried by contact with the converging sides intoposition between the strips, substantially as described.

G. A device of the character described having a back strip and an upperstrip secured thereto and adapted for holding coins therebetween ingiven spaces bounded by the said securing means, the said back striphaving a cutout adapted to permit the insertion of the edge of the coinbetween the strips and to guide the coin into the space between thestrips on pressure applied to the edge thereof, substantially asdescribed.

7 A coin-carrier consisting of two strips one of them sti'lf and theother pliable, the edge of the former extending beyond the edge of thelatter, the former having a space cut therein under the upper one andextending beyond the edge of the upper one, the said cut being of asector form with the segmental portion lying without the superposedstrip and the radii lying beneath the same, substantially as described.

8. A coin-carrier consisting of a base strip of a given width and anupper strip of lesser width with its edges within the bound of the lowerstrip, fasteners securing the strips, the said upper strip being ofyielding material to allow the insertion and holding of a coin betweenthe fasteners securing the strips together, the strips being secured byfasteners loosely engaging the upper strip whereby it yields to rece-ivethe coin between it and the lower strip, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALMON M. FARNSWlORTH.

Vitnesses ERNEST J. CASTLE, T. C. PHnLPs.

